Tool for finishing boots or shoes.



No. 656,290. Patented Aug. 2|, I900.

' A. HERMAN. TOOL FOR FINISHING BOOTS OR, SHOES. I (Application filed-091:. 11, 1899.)

I (No Model.)

NiTED STAT S ATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW HERMAN, OF CHEYENNE, WYOMING, ASSIGNOR TO FRED WILLIAM TATGIIELL,OF SAME PLACE.

TOOL FOR FINISHING BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,290, dated August21, 1900.

Application filed October 17, 1899. Serial No. 733,914. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ANDREW HERMAN, of Cheyenne, in the county of Laramieand State of Wyoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Tools for Finishing Boots or-Shoes; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in toolsfor finishing boots and shoes.

In the half-soling of boots and shoes it is usually desirable after thenew sole has been secured in position to rasp orscrape the surfacethereof near the edge in such manner as to form a border fromone-quarter to threequarters of an inch wide, whereby the same presentsa more finished appearance than would otherwise be the case.

It is the object of the present invention to accomplish this result, andto that end I employ a handle or carrier provided with shoulders orguiding edges and arranged to hold a scraping or rasping tool in suchposition as to act upon the surface of the leather when moved backwardand forward, scraping and filing the edges of the sole to a full finish.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularlypointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevationillustrating my in vention. Fig. 2 isa transverse sectional view on line2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the scraping-tool.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a handle or carrier providedwith a lower elongated head a? of approximately-elliptical form in planand having a longitudinal slot or recess a, in which is designed to fitthe edge of a scraping-tool B. The lower edges of the head a adjacentthe slot or recess a, are on different planes and form guiding-shouldersb b, the latter projecting a short distance below the former. Set-screwsC, working in the handle or carrier, engage opposite sides of thescraping-tool B and prevent displacement thereof while in use, saidset-screws being on dilferent vertical planes.

The scraping-tool B is formed of a fiat approximately-rectangular pieceof metal having a file-surface d and a rasp-surface d on each side,making in all two files and two rasps. Each file-surface d is wider thanthe rasp-surface d, and the two are separated by a groove or depression6?. The teeth of the files are cut so as to run in one direction and theteeth of the rasps to run in the opposite direction, so that when thetool is reversed in the handle or carrier the teeth tl1ereof,whetherfile or rasp, will always run forward.

In practice the tool B is placed in the slot or recess a of the handleor carrier, one of the file-faces d resting against the wall of saidrecess adjacent the shoulder 79. Each shoulder comes flush with thegroove d the latter serving as a gage or guide in positioning the toolB. The set-screws C are then screwed home to engage the opposite sidesof said tool. I

The projecting file-face d is then placed on the surface of the sole,the shoulder 12 resting against the edge of the latter. and serving toguide the tool in its movement. The work is finished off by reversingthe tool and repeating the operation with the projecting rasping face d,the edge or shoulder 6' serving as the guide in this instance.

The advantages of my invention are apparent to those skilled in the artto which it appertains. It will be particularly observed that while Ihave described a specific form of scraping-tool, yet it is obvious thatthe ordinary shoemakers rasp may be employed in lieu thereof, or in lieuof forming the scraping-tool with file and rasping surfaces saidsurfaces may be provided with either fileteeth or rasping-teeth alone,as desired. The form of scraping-tool described, however, has manypractical advantages which are apparent. It will be further noted thatby forming the shoulders on dilferent planes a tool is provided by meansof which borders of different widths may be made upon the shoe-sole.Where the ordinary rasp is used, this may be accomplished by simplyreversing the handle, while where the tool herein described is em- 2eaaeo ployed the same object is accomplished by reversing the tool.

A further advantage of my improved scraping-tool is that the same may bereversed either end for end or edge for edge, as desired.

I claim as my invention-- A tool for finishing boots and shoescomprising a handle having a lower elongated head ofapproxilnately-elliptical form and provided with lowerbearing-shouldersformed on different planes, a longitudinal slot being formed in thebottom of said head intermediate of said shoulders, a reversiblescraping-

